Graeme Smith
GreySmith Institute of Advanced Studies
Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence
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Is Dopamine the "Clutch" in the NAc Transmission?
In trying to understand the Nucleus Accumbens, and its dopamine based failures in many conditions, and taking into account my previous model, that claimed it was a Load Balancing Organ that controlled the loads of the major brain memory and control c... Read more »
Jan 19, 2012A new model of Nucleus Accumbens function with implication for mental...
During some recent work with Alicia Quaini of REHUMA, I realized that current understandings of how the Nucleus Accumbens worked did not make sense. From various perspectives, it was linked to priority of actions, addictions, pleasure, and might beca... Read more »
Jan 5, 2012A Glial link between Depression, Schizophrenia, and Alzheimers?
Recent research has linked shrinkage of certain brain organs with depression, and shrinkage of the "Thickness" of the brain with alzheimers. While no similar thickness research has been brought to my attention for Schizophrenia, Work on chronic Stres... Read more »
Apr 27, 2011Interesting model of epilepsy found
Scientists are experimenting to determine if a new model of epilepsy is valid. This model, includes developmental factors, structural changes at the tissue level in the brain, and changes in the detailed morphology of the brain, that explain first th... Read more »
Mar 31, 2011Graeme Smith shared a note
Possible connection between anxiety disorders, bipolar, and Adrenal Fatigue at the phosphorylation level. Recent anecdotal evidence has occurred that suggests a link between anxiety disorders, Bipolar Disorder and Adrenal Fatigue. Of interest is the reactivity of the Adrenal Gland, and the speed of phosphorylation and how that affects the cells timing mechanisms, and the mood. Anxiety might happen at peak secretion.
Apr 30, 2010Size and Target of Pyramidal Neurons in Cortex
There are somewhere around 5 different sizes of Pyramidal Neurons, and it has been suggested that these sizes relate in some manner to the distance the Axon has to grow, to reach its target, but nothing has brought home just how appro pos, this chara... Read more »
Feb 28, 2010Facilitation and Attention
Recent research has shown that facilitation follows attention in the Cerebral Cortex. In order to understand why this might be, it is important to recognize the fact that the 40 hertz signal noted in a recent article on anesthesia, and Facilitation m... Read more »
Jan 20, 2010A possible role for the anterior cingulate cortex in hypnosis
In my memory model, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is connected to many areas in the cerebral cortex, by a backbone network that seems to extend down both sides of the central fissure, as referenced in recent works on connectomics. It's role, se... Read more »
Jan 2, 2010The PFC's Role in Hallucinations and Imagination
This will be a very short entry, because I am still working on the concepts involved, but as you might know I am a proponent of Weak Attention, the idea that Attention is what manages the flow of data between processing centers in our brain, by selec... Read more »
Jan 2, 2010Phosphorylation, the link between Bipolar and Schizophrenia
When people think of Circadian Rhythms, they think of sleep cycles, or those silly Bio-rhythm horoscopes in the newspaper. Recently however science has shown that even cyanobacteria have clock-like systems in their cells. A recent article on CAIK in... Read more »
Dec 17, 2009
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Artificial Consciusness Neurological/Psychological/Physiological Models of Memory Neurological/Psychological/Physiological Models of Cognition Neurological/Psychological/Physiological Models of Consciousness Currrently working on a Neurological/Psychologi, Memory Artificial Consciousness Amateur
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